Regulating Migration in Europe

The Dutch Experience, 1960-92

Bibliographic Data

ID9766784
AuthorsHans Van Amersfoort (corresponding author), Rinus Penninx (0000-0002-3357-0136)
Year1994
Volume534
Issue1
Pages133-146
Publication date1994-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716294534001011
OpenAlexW2116928154
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited6

Like other West European countries, the Netherlands has become an immigration country against its will. Since 1960, three migration flows in particular have contributed to the migration surplus: labor migration from the Mediterranean area, migration from former Dutch colonies, and migration of international refugees. In each case, the measures taken by the Dutch government to regulate the migration have not been successful. This article analyzes why it is so difficult, if not impossible, to effectively implement migration regulations. A very important reason seems to be the contradictory aims of the welfare state that, on the one hand, tries to keep immigrants out but, on the other hand, seeks to ensure full civil rights for the immigrant population settled in the country

Circular migration · Development economics · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Government (linguistics · Human migration · Immigration · Irregular migration · Political science · Politics · Population · Refugee · Sociology · State (computer science · Welfare · Welfare state · Economic Analysis and Policy · European Law and Migration · Law · Migration, Policy, and Dickens Studies

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